But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;